The committee's 2004/2005 meeting will, in all probability, take place at Washington & Lee University Lexington, Virginia, USA on March 10-12, 2005.
Kindly direct proposals, suggestions and inquiries to
Dr. Dr. Krzysztof Jasiewicz
Professor of Sociology
Washington and Lee University
5 Newcomb Hall
116 N. Main Street
Lexington VA 24450-0303
USA
Phone: +01-540-468-8790
F fax: +01-540-468-8498
e-mail: jasiewiczk@wlu.edu
RC 16 Panels at the triennial meeting of the International Political Science Association in Durban, South Africa, in June 30-July 4 2003. You can view updated scheduling information for these and other panels here.
Panel 16(1}
Since the fall of the Soviet empire, the combination of a civil society encompassing a wide network of voluntary associations, a pluralist democracy, and a free market economy tempered by a welfare system has become, seemingly, the ultimate form of existence of the human race. Yet certain recent developments have cast a shadow of doubt on such assumptions. This ideal is being called into question not only by oppressive governments, but also by social movements speaking in the name of various particularistic ethnic and cultural identities. In addition, anti-globalization movements within Western societies point out that unifying trends implied by such universalism conceal the drive to expand economic, political, and military domination of the West. The papers composing this panel address various general and specific issues stemming from this situation.
Panel 16(2)
Democracy has spread across most areas of the world bringing with it the presumption of equal rights and political representation. However, the ability to take advantage of these formal rights is affected by disparities in control over economic and political resources. Their relative poverty may disadvantage less affluent groups in representing their interests and making the political process accountable. This concern is heightened by the process of globalization, which is inciting fundamental reforms in public policies, even as it increases social inequalities. The panel will examine the following key issues:
Panel 16(1}
Civil Society and Political Pluralism in a Global World
Since the fall of the Soviet empire, the combination of a civil society encompassing a wide network of voluntary associations, a pluralist democracy, and a free market economy tempered by a welfare system has become, seemingly, the ultimate form of existence of the human race. Yet certain recent developments have cast a shadow of doubt on such assumptions. This ideal is being called into question not only by oppressive governments, but also by social movements speaking in the name of various particularistic ethnic and cultural identities. In addition, anti-globalization movements within Western societies point out that unifying trends implied by such universalism conceal the drive to expand economic, political, and military domination of the West. The papers composing this panel address various general and specific issues stemming from this situation.
- Convenor and Chairperson:
- Krzysztof Jasiewicz, Washington and Lee University, USA
jasiewiczk@wlu.edu
- Krzysztof Jasiewicz, Washington and Lee University, USA
- Discussants:
- Tom Lodge, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
064tom@muse.wits.ac.za - Surinder Shukla, Panjab University, India
surinderkshukla@hotmail.com
- Tom Lodge, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
- Presentations:
- Elements of Pluralist Approach to Political Globalization
Phil Cerny, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
msgsspgc@man.ac.uk - Divergent approaches to ethnic party politics: "Radicals" as a litmus test in democratic theory
Christian Leuprecht, Queen's University, Canada
leuprech@qsilver.queensu.ca - Civil Society and Political Pluralism: The Case of Poland
Andrzej Korbonski & Jane L. Curry, University of California, Los Angeles / University of Santa Clara, USA
akorbonski@isop.ucla.edu / jcurry@scu.edu - Women's Right to Equality and Freedom of Religion in a Pluralistic Society of India
Kuldeep Kumar, Sirohi Government College, India
kuldeepkr@rediffmail.com
- Elements of Pluralist Approach to Political Globalization
Panel 16(2)
Pluralism, Poverty and Public Policy: The Effects of Globalization
Democracy has spread across most areas of the world bringing with it the presumption of equal rights and political representation. However, the ability to take advantage of these formal rights is affected by disparities in control over economic and political resources. Their relative poverty may disadvantage less affluent groups in representing their interests and making the political process accountable. This concern is heightened by the process of globalization, which is inciting fundamental reforms in public policies, even as it increases social inequalities. The panel will examine the following key issues:
- Do social and economic inequalities limit the ability of disadvantaged groups of representing their interests in the process of policy reform that has oc-curred in the wake of globalization?
- Have the policy responses to globalization further exacerbated social and economic inequalities?
- Have the changes that have occurred diminished the capacity of state institutions for equitable representation of societal pluralism?
- Convenor and Chairperson:
- Rainer Eisfeld, University of Osnabrueck, Germany
rainer.eisfeld@uos.de
- Rainer Eisfeld, University of Osnabrueck, Germany
- Discussants:
- Jane L. Curry, University of Santa Clara, USA
jcurry@scu.edu
- Jane L. Curry, University of Santa Clara, USA
- Presentations:
- Transition to Market Society, Growing Inequality and Public Policies in Poland
Henryk DOMANSKI, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
hdomansk@ifispan.waw.pl - The Incapacity of West European Social Democratic Parties to Represent the Interests of Dis-advantaged Groups in the Process of Globalisation
André DONNEUR, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada
donneur.andre@uqam.ca - Globalisation in the Indian Sub-Continent: Effects on Pluralism, Poverty, and Public Policy
Surinder K. SHUKLA, Panjab University, India
surinderkshukla@hotmail.com - Politics, Poverty and Policy in South Africa, 1994-2002
Tom LODGE, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
lodget@social.wits.ac.za
- Transition to Market Society, Growing Inequality and Public Policies in Poland
Elites and Masses: Linkage or Disconnect During Periods of Systems Transformation
University of Osnabrück
September 13-15, 2001
University of Osnabrück
September 13-15, 2001